London Southend Airport supports ‘Time to Talk Day’ with rail station campaign
South East and Central Essex Mind is supporting the nation’s biggest mental health conversation, Time to Talk Day, a campaign that encourages everyone to ‘get comfortable’ and talk about their mental health.
This year, SECE Mind in partnership with London Southend Airport, Achieve, Thrive and Flourish (ATF), South Essex Community Hub and Rayleigh Council, created a space for the community to come together to talk, listen and change lives.
There will be dedicated Time to Talk benches at each partnership location for the coming weeks to encourage friends, families, communities and workplaces to have conversations about their mental health.
London Southend is supporting the initiative with ‘Fancy a chat?’ banners installed throughout its on-site railway station and award-winning terminal.
SECE Mind CEO Dr David Sollis said: “On Thursday 6th February we celebrated the art of talking, chatting, listening and caring. The annual event marks an opportunity to check in on friends, families, work colleagues and even strangers. Mental health has a huge impact on people’s lives and all I can ask people to do is please, please make Time to Talk!”
London Southend Airports Corporate & Social Responsibility Manager, Jo Marchetti said: “We are proud to support SECE Mind’s ‘Time to Talk’ initiative by installing bench banners at our on-site railway station and in the terminal itself. These banners serve as a vital reminder that mental health matters, encouraging open conversations and support for one another.”
A spokesperson for SECE Mind said: “Openly talking about mental health can be uncomfortable, but it’s important to normalise those conversations and break the stigma surrounding our mental wellbeing.
“1 in 4 adults in England and Wales experience a mental health problem each year. Time to Talk day aims to bring people together and to highlight that speaking up about your mental health does not need to be uncomfortable or scary.”
The annual event is run by by National Mind and Rethink Mental Health in partnership with the Co-op, and delivered by See Me and SAMH in Scotland, Inspire in Northern Ireland, and Time to Change Wales.
You can contact the team at SECE Mind here.
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About London Southend Airport
London Southend Airport, ranked the best London airport by consumer group Which? six times and voted the best UK airport (under three million capacity) by the Airport Operator’s Association in 2019.
Serving close to 2.3 million passengers in 2019, London Southend offered services to around 40 domestic and European cities. The terminal has its own railway station, less than 100 paces from the main entrance, with up to six trains an hour at peak times to central London, taking just 52 minutes to Liverpool Street and 43 minutes from Stratford. All airport car parks are located minutes from the terminal entrance.